Friday Dec 13, 2019
“Lake Hills Book Giveaway Program: Creating Lifelong Readers”
Vicki Capestany Justine Szymala
Literary Facilitators
Introduced by: Colleen Turner
Today’s presentation will include a PowerPoint slideshow entitled “Lake Hills Book Giveaway Program: Creating Lifelong Readers”. This program originally focused on Summer vacation and why it is important for children to read during the summer. This program has since been broadened to other school breaks as well (winter break, mid-winter break, and spring break). Included will be a testimony from one of the first grade teachers, whose students benefit from this program!
About the Speaker
Vicki Capestany is a Literacy Facilitator at Lake Hills Elementary. She is in her 23rd year of teaching and her 5th year at Lake Hills. Vicki was a classroom teacher for 19 years, in California, Florida, and now Washington, primarily in 3rd through 5th grades; 9 of those years were as a dual language teacher. She was born in Honduras to Cuban parents and spoke only Spanish until kindergarten. Vicki is proud to be bilingual and loves working at Lake Hills with such a diverse community of students, a large percentage of which are multi-language learners.
Justine Szymala is a Literacy Facilitator at Lake Hills Elementary. She is in her 18th year of teaching and her 7th year at Lake Hills. She has lived and taught in various places including New York, New Jersey, and New Orleans. Justine was born in Poland and speaks Polish and Spanish, as well as English. As an immigrant and second language learner, she has developed a high level of love for supporting literacy and language learning.
Justine Szymala is a Literacy Facilitator at Lake Hills Elementary. She is in her 18th year of teaching and her 7th year at Lake Hills. She has lived and taught in various places including New York, New Jersey, and New Orleans. Justine was born in Poland and speaks Polish and Spanish, as well as English. As an immigrant and second language learner, she has developed a high level of love for supporting literacy and language learning.